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Table B-8. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production and nonsupervisory employees on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted(1)

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
Table B-8. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production and nonsupervisory employees on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted(1)
Industry Average hourly earnings Average weekly earnings
Feb.
2023
Dec.
2023
Jan.
2024(p)
Feb.
2024(p)
Feb.
2023
Dec.
2023
Jan.
2024(p)
Feb.
2024(p)

Total private

$28.42 $29.51 $29.64 $29.71 $963.44 $997.44 $992.94 $1,004.20

Goods-producing

28.99 30.42 30.54 30.63 1,176.99 1,225.93 1,218.55 1,237.45

Mining and logging

33.57 35.66 36.07 36.57 1,591.22 1,708.11 1,695.29 1,740.73

Construction

33.56 34.98 35.25 35.21 1,335.69 1,392.20 1,371.23 1,394.32

Manufacturing

25.83 27.13 27.18 27.31 1,051.28 1,093.34 1,092.64 1,106.06

Durable goods

27.00 28.34 28.47 28.60 1,107.00 1,150.60 1,150.19 1,166.88

Nondurable goods

23.91 25.14 25.09 25.20 958.79 1,003.09 1,001.09 1,008.00

Private service-providing

28.31 29.32 29.46 29.53 928.57 958.76 957.45 965.63

Trade, transportation, and utilities

24.92 25.64 25.80 25.92 849.77 871.76 872.04 881.28

Wholesale trade

30.14 30.80 30.95 31.02 1,172.45 1,195.04 1,200.86 1,215.98

Retail trade

20.37 20.72 20.75 20.82 621.29 625.74 624.58 630.85

Transportation and warehousing

27.21 28.61 29.02 29.29 1,031.26 1,087.18 1,088.25 1,098.38

Utilities

43.59 44.58 44.83 44.49 1,865.65 1,881.28 1,896.31 1,877.48

Information

38.95 40.60 40.53 40.28 1,409.99 1,449.42 1,450.97 1,438.00

Financial activities

33.25 34.80 35.04 35.32 1,236.90 1,280.64 1,289.47 1,303.31

Professional and business services

33.63 34.77 34.95 34.96 1,220.77 1,262.15 1,261.70 1,269.05

Private education and health services

29.74 30.75 30.85 30.96 969.52 996.30 996.46 1,003.10

Leisure and hospitality

18.25 19.29 19.23 19.27 443.48 470.68 461.52 468.26

Other services

25.50 26.93 27.02 27.05 798.15 842.91 840.32 849.37

Footnotes
(1) Data relate to production employees in mining and logging and manufacturing, construction employees in construction, and nonsupervisory employees in the service-providing industries. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employment on private nonfarm payrolls.
(p) Preliminary

NOTE: Data have been revised to reflect March 2023 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors.

Last Modified Date: March 08, 2024